How Much Cash Should You Have If the Grid Goes Down?
It is the final backup plan for a lot of us in the case of a disaster. A generous supply of cold hard
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Moon Cycles And Gardening: The Facts You Didn’t Know
Planting by the cycles of the moon is a practice that goes back practically to the beginning of agriculture. We’ve all heard about
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The Useful Bugs In Your Garden
The standard response for most people is that bugs are bad, but if you’re a gardener, bugs can be your best friends, especially
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Staying Healthy in the Wilderness
Your body is one of the most important considerations of survival that we often overlook in favor of the latest prepper gear. Imagine
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Skills Might Not Always be Better than Stuff
In the Prepping community there are some topics that draw familiar responses from people of all walks of life. Naturally I am guilty
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5 Barter Items to Have on Hand for the Collapse of the Dollar
The value of the U.S. Dollar is falling faster than Felix Baumgartner; you can see clear proof of this in, among other things,
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Fear and Prepping
What’re you afraid of? If you’ve ever talked about prepping to someone not of the same mindset when it comes to preparedness this
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Long-Term Ammo Storage
Picture it: You’re heading out for that highly anticipated first hunting excursion of the season. You’ve packed up all the essentials like food
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On-Wheels Is The New Off-Grid: A Guide To Tiny Houses
With the cost of utilities on the rise and the desire to live as off-grid as possible on the minds of many, tiny
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3 Crucial Steps When Digging A Well
Let’s begin with some hard facts: about 97% of our fresh water supply lays hidden beneath the Earth’s surface in underground aquifers and
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What Guns Should a Prepper Always Have?
Prepping, survival, and gun ownership are all peas in the same pod. While you don’t need to be a gun collector to be
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False Myths That Could Ruin Your Prepping Plans
There’s a lot of good information floating around to help people get a start in prepping, but there’s also some that’s not so
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How To Re-Mineralize Water For Drinking
The debate about the health benefits of purified versus distilled water is a hot one. There are those who claim that they feel
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Product Review: SunBell Solar Lamp and Phone Charger
In the post crisis world, communications, power, and light, are all going to be needs harder to satisfy than usual. While cell phones
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Using Auto Batteries For Off Grid Energy Storage
When it comes to cheap, readily available rechargeable batteries, few can rival those in automobile systems. Knowing which type of battery you are
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Prep Blog Review: Survival When The Lights Go Out
As September 11 approaches we cannot but remember those events and pray they won’t happen ever again. Still we can’t ignore that our
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Permaculture Guilds and Growing a Camouflaged Food Forest
If you watch Doomsday Preppers like me you probably saw this Thursdays episode that showcased two Preppers. The difference for me this week
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Vegetable Garden Planning for Beginners
Hopefully, you are already in full swing on your own garden, but if you have been putting it off, or are still conducting
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Charity When SHTF: How to Give So It Doesn’t Hurt
Charity is a virtue that we all have to some extent. The amount of charity we are willing to dispense may have its
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Product Review: Little Sun Solar Lantern
In a post crisis world, being able to obtain light with a low heat signature and low energy usage is going to be
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Old Skills Revival: DIY Clothes and Shoes
If you walk into the local stores these days, it may be hard to believe that all those racks of clothes could ever
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A Green Beret’s Guide To Low-Budget Home Defense Techniques 101: “Early-Warning Systems and Fortifications”
This article is the first in a series that covers hardening your home and some easy, low-budget alternatives for early-warning systems and fortifications.
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6 Uncommon Items for Your Usual Survival Kit
Everybody knows that a survival kit should contain bandages, water purification tabs, food, a knife, needles, and the like, but what about some
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